Dealers Jailed after Police Smelled Drugs Wafting from Their Car

Dealers Jailed after Police Smelled Drugs Wafting from Their Car

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TWO DRUG dealers have been locked up after being caught red-
handed carrying a huge stash of illegal substances.

Mohammed Jahangir Bashir, 44, and Azhar Iqbal, 31, were stopped
by police in Oldham after officers smelled cannabis coming from
their car.

The pair were detained after being pulled over by GMP's Tactical
Vehicle Intercept Unit on Lees Road.

When Bashir and Iqbal were searched at a police station, officers
discovered carrying cocaine, heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis.

They were both arrested and further drug paraphernalia was found
in their homes, implicating them in the supply of controlled
substances.

Bashir, of Prospect Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, was jailed for
seven years at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court after being
found guilty of two counts of possession with intent to supply
heroin and cocaine. …